American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Jun 2013
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyResearch recruitment practices and critically ill patients. A multicenter, cross-sectional study (the Consent Study).
Limited cross-sectional data exist to characterize the challenges of enrolling critically ill patients into research studies. ⋯ A large gap exists between eligibility and the frequency with which consent encounters occur in intensive care unit research. Recruitment is susceptible to design and procedural inefficiencies that hinder recruitment and to personnel availability, given the need to interact with SDMs. Current enrollment practices may underrepresent potential study populations.